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... east . Bur- mah might as well have remained for these sixty years in native hands , for all the good that its ... eastern corner of Indo - China , had seized Cambodia from the Siamese , were determined to wrest Ton- quin from China ...
... east . Bur- mah might as well have remained for these sixty years in native hands , for all the good that its ... eastern corner of Indo - China , had seized Cambodia from the Siamese , were determined to wrest Ton- quin from China ...
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... Eastern splendour . In the third century Chinese ambas- sadors mention palaces , towers , and theatres having been ... east of Bienhoa in Cochin China ; the Hotha Shans , in the Chinese Shan States ; and one of the native races in ...
... Eastern splendour . In the third century Chinese ambas- sadors mention palaces , towers , and theatres having been ... east of Bienhoa in Cochin China ; the Hotha Shans , in the Chinese Shan States ; and one of the native races in ...
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... eastern China more than 4000 years ago . To the north of the Chams , the country from an early period was occupied by ... east of the Gulf of Martaban , by an Indian dynasty from the Madras coast , in the sixth century B.C. About the end ...
... eastern China more than 4000 years ago . To the north of the Chams , the country from an early period was occupied by ... east of the Gulf of Martaban , by an Indian dynasty from the Madras coast , in the sixth century B.C. About the end ...
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... East . This is said to have happened in the sixth century B.C. About this time a second band of Kshatriyas arrived from Gangetic India , whose chief , Daza Raja , married the widow of the queen of the last dynasty , and some years later ...
... East . This is said to have happened in the sixth century B.C. About this time a second band of Kshatriyas arrived from Gangetic India , whose chief , Daza Raja , married the widow of the queen of the last dynasty , and some years later ...
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... East ; and every chief commissioner , from Sir Arthur Phayre downwards , has advocated its connection with China by railway , as the means for supplying that want from the most industrious and enterprising people in Asia , the Chinese ...
... East ; and every chief commissioner , from Sir Arthur Phayre downwards , has advocated its connection with China by railway , as the means for supplying that want from the most industrious and enterprising people in Asia , the Chinese ...
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amongst bamboo Ban Meh Bangkok bank Bhamo boys breakfast Buddh Burmah Burmese Shans camp caravan chief China Chinese Chow Hluang cotton crest crossed the Meh distance Dr Cushing Dr M'Gilvary east elephants feet broad feet deep forest Gaudama ground halted hillocks hills howdah Huay inches journey Kamooks Kampti Karenni Karens Khas Khow Khum Kiang Hai Kiang Hsen Kiang Tung La-hu Lakon Laos Lapoon Lawa leaving Loi Soo Tayp Loogalay Luang Prabang mahout Maing Loongyee Maulmain Meh Khoke Meh Kong Meh Laik Meh Low Meh Nium Meh Ping Meh Wung miles from Hlineboay missionaries monastery Moné morning Moung Muang Haut Ngor night Nong pagoda passed Phya Ping Shans placed plain plateau Portow railway rest-house rice river rupees Salween Salween river sandstone Siamese side slaves spirits spurs stream teak temple Thoungyeen told trees valley verandah Viang Yunnan Zimmé Shans
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